Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 61

Chapter 61

They opted to eat dinner at the in-house restaurant the hotel offered, citing the cold weather and late hour as the reason for not wanting to go into the village to find anything different

Two steaks, a glass of wine and whiskey alike, and she and Kylan were walking hand in hand to their room once more.

The mood was light and relaxed, some of the tension had left her shoulder after her glass of wine.

"That was delicious, Kylan. Thank you" She smiled at him, her thumb tracing absent circles into the back of his palm.

"You chose the hotel, which means you chose the restaurant," Kylan quietly reminded her.

Is the hotel up to her standard? I didn't see you do your usual check for dust," she teased him, wandering into the elevator and watching as he pushed the bumon for the top floor. Kylan scoffed down at her. "It's fine, Katrina" He shook his head, but the comer of his mouth was turned up in a subtle smirk.

ting the other

She felt herself grinning, stepping out of the elevator when the doors opened once more. She walked to her room, neither of them letting go until they were inside.

They both readied themselves for bed in mach the same way as they had in Portland. She watched Kylan carefully remove his contacts, patting on the same pair of glasses she had gaped at before.

She washed her face, brushed her teeth, and privately changed into a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt. Kylan, to both her dismay and pleasure, wore only a pair of sweatpants again.

He followed his routine of doing pushups on the floor below, but she dutifully kept her eyes trained on her phone, choosing that moment to connect to the hotel's internet.

Do you

you know how Oscar is doing" she asked Kylan over her shoulder.

She heard him grunt on the ground and then she felt the bed shift.

"He's fine, Kate. If there was something to truly worry about, he would tell you." Kylan sighed and then stood to wash his hands in the bathroom

"Right. Of course." She frowned as she set her alarm for the morning and then plugged her phone into the wall with her adapter

She pulled back the duvet and crawled under it, relishing the feeling of the cool silk sheets beneath her skin. She was exhausted. Even with the time difference, she was certain she would fall and stay asleep easily.

took off his glasses, setting them on his nightstand. He got into bed a fair

or that up.

Kylan?" she asked him quietly, not sure if she was doing the right thing by bringing something

one arm propped under his head,

Kylan's gaze was

do" came his

herself to appreciate the sharp angle of his jaw and the profile of his nose. "I'm sorry that's something you dealt with." She was honest, remembering just how distressed he sounded those nights in Portland. She saw Kylan's jaw clench

immediately, Kylan's body going entirely tense next to her. It didn't seem like he was even breathing, his abdominal muscles pulled tautly. Tim sorry. That was inappropriate of me. You just.. Well, that's the name you called out" She rolled to

of mine, Kylan's soft voice

attempted to keep her composure, her heart racing in her chest in the

Kylan. For whatever happened with her, she said it tenderly, truthfully, and

express notions such as anger, frustration, or the occasional passion when it was about things like Ross Corporation.

We have to wake up early," Kylan murmured to

you know, be here, if

body to face her, and she pretended that didn't impact

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sorry. I'm sorry. No. I'm sorry, It's

hearing Kylan cry out a few hours later. She sat up in bed, the duvet falling down to her lap while she turned

chest glistening with sweat and

hurt her more this time,

him in so

comforted Kylan during a nightmare. Even still, she couldn't leave him

him into her as much as she could. It was awkward and clunky, trying to get her

her chest and her nails raking gently up and down the expanse of his back that

Kylan was sound asleep again, no longer thrashing. No longer calling out apologies

this Kylan mumbled into

broken, so much different than his usual

free hand, she raked at through his hair, gently pushing it away from his

against her own. She didn't pause her actions, still combing his hair and softly scratching along

all at once. He heaved a great sigh and draped an arm

what her nightmares are about," she admitted before she could stop herself "They're my cross to bear Rylan

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